Great Plains Food Bank

Analysis

Great Plains Food Bank is a registered charity in United States, based in Fargo, ND. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Great Plains Food Bank reported income of $29.5m and spending of $27.3m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $30.2m to $29.5m (-2.4%), an average of -0.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income dropped by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Great Plains Food Bank sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile, and in the 99th percentile within ND. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Union Settlement Assoc ($29.5m), Buckingham Senior Living Community Inc ($29.5m) and Prairie Community Services Inc ($29.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% and program service revenue 4.3% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $299k (1.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.5m. It paid $449k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $16.4m against liabilities of $730k, net assets of $15.7m. It reported 58 employees.